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"HTTPS is one of the measures to help keep your browsing safe and secure, which is important when you are doing things like logging into your bank's website or submitting your credit card information to an online store."

The report pointed out that HTTPS relies on SSL or TLS encryption to secure the connection and protect against eavesdroppers, man-in-the-middle attacks, and hijackers attempting to spoof a trusted site.

"In other words, it thwarts interception of your information and ensures the integrity of information that you send and receive. Google has been working hard toward our objective of achieving 100 per cent encryption across our products and services," it added.

That's Google, but what about the rest of them? Well, the firm said that the picture is good, and that it has seen a genuine increase in the adoption of HTTPS.

"Secure web browsing through HTTPS is becoming the norm. Desktop users load more than half of the pages they view over HTTPS and spend two-thirds of their time on HTTPS pages. HTTPS is less prevalent on mobile devices, but we see an upward trend there too," said the report.

"Users spend different amounts of time on different sites, so we measure time spent on HTTPS pages. Users of Chrome on desktop spend a larger amount of time on HTTPS pages than on HTTP pages. This rate is increasing across mobile and desktop."